Neisseria meningitidis causing meningococcal meningitis

Introduction

Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of
Neisseria meningitidis, gram-negative diplococci that cause meningococcal meningitis (magnified x 33000) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2197533/As-pretty-picture-lot-deadly--Killer-diseases-youve-seen-before.html).

By Kelsey McMurtry

Neisseria meningitidis is a gram-negative diplococci of the Proteobacteria phylum (7). This meningococcal bacterium specifically causes disease in humans (1), and is one of the three main bacteria that causes acute bacterial meningitis, along with
Streptococcus pneumoniae and
Haemophilus influenzae.

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References

[7] ["Neisseria Meningitidis." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Apr. 2013. Web. 22 Apr. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neisseria_meningitidis>. ]

Edited by student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 238 Microbiology, 2009, Kenyon College.

Pathophysiology of Bacterial Meningitis (http://www.qiagen.com/geneglobe/static/images/Pathways/Bacterial%20Meningitis.jpg)..

Breakdown of the meninges, a three-layer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord (http://body-disease.com/acute-bacterial-meningitis/ ).

Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Neisseria meningitidis, gram-negative diplococci that cause meningococcal meningitis (magnified x 33000) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2197533/As-pretty-picture-lot-deadly--Killer-diseases-youve-seen-before.html).